Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure

We re-investigate the endogenous choice of price (Bertrand) and quantity (Cournot) contract in the presence of a vertically related upstream market for input. We find that choosing price contract is the dominant strategy for downstream firms when the two-part-tariff pricing contract is determined th...

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Main Authors: Basak, Debasmita, Wang, Leonard F.S.
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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Wang, Leonard F.S.
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description We re-investigate the endogenous choice of price (Bertrand) and quantity (Cournot) contract in the presence of a vertically related upstream market for input. We find that choosing price contract is the dominant strategy for downstream firms when the two-part-tariff pricing contract is determined through centralised Nash bargaining. We further show that the level of social welfare is the same regardless of the mode of product market competition (i.e., Bertrand or Cournot).
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spelling nottingham-521492020-05-04T17:29:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52149/ Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure Basak, Debasmita Wang, Leonard F.S. We re-investigate the endogenous choice of price (Bertrand) and quantity (Cournot) contract in the presence of a vertically related upstream market for input. We find that choosing price contract is the dominant strategy for downstream firms when the two-part-tariff pricing contract is determined through centralised Nash bargaining. We further show that the level of social welfare is the same regardless of the mode of product market competition (i.e., Bertrand or Cournot). Elsevier 2016-01-30 Article PeerReviewed Basak, Debasmita and Wang, Leonard F.S. (2016) Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure. Economics Letters, 138 . pp. 53-56. ISSN 0165-1765 Bargaining; Bertrand; Cournot; Two-part tariffs; Vertical pricing; Welfare https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176515004929 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.026 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.026
spellingShingle Bargaining; Bertrand; Cournot; Two-part tariffs; Vertical pricing; Welfare
Basak, Debasmita
Wang, Leonard F.S.
Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title_full Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title_fullStr Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title_short Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
title_sort endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure
topic Bargaining; Bertrand; Cournot; Two-part tariffs; Vertical pricing; Welfare
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